Would we have made Paul’s decision? Sometimes it’s easier to interpret events around us as pointing to “the end of the world” rather than asking how a situation maintains or furthers God’s never ending vision for “the redemption of the world…”...
Psalm 32:6-8 “Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found. Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach Him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me...
I was thinking about the concept of “on-the-outside-thinking” versus “on-the-inside thinking” taught last Sunday, and the content of John 5:44 jumped out at me. First, the Scriptural context: for 20 or 30 previous verses, Jesus has been defending and explaining His...
The other morning I woke up after the night’s sleep and didn’t really feel rested or rejuvenated. I had this sense that I would be “short on energy” to accomplish the numerous tasks scheduled for the day ahead. As...
People can be troublesome. Yes, that’s the way God made them. Or should I say, made us. Each and every one of us. And all because He made us with a free will, a full range of emotions, a capacity...